Sad-iron.



PATENTED APR. 2,

F. A. HOYA.

SAD IRON.

APPLIOATION FILED APR. 3. 1905.

INVENTOR W425 L you m I m TTORNEY; I

v UNITED STATES PATENT carton.

FERDINAND A. HOYA, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGN OR OF ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM WOODS PLANKINTON, OF. MILWAUKEE,

WISGON SIN SAD-IRON.

Patented April '2, 1907.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FERDINAND A. HOYA, a citizen of the United States, residing at Milwaukee, county of Milwaukee, and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in sad Irons, of which the followmg is aspecification.v

'My invention relates to improvements in sad-irons, and pertains es ecially to that class of sad-irons which are eated by gasolene, a supply of which is stored in a suitable reservoir connected with the sad-iron.

- rate 0 The object of this invention is to provide a form of sad-iron of the described class in which the reservoir will be suitably heated, but notoverheated, and willbe located in such a position that itwill not burn the hands of the operator.v Also to provide means for conveying the gasolene to the burner along a highly-heated zone, in connection with means,

for preventing the oil-duct from becoming clogged. 1

' A further object of my invention is to provide a form of construction in which the air and h drocarbon gas will be mixed in a sepaiiamber within the body of the iron and a sufficiently-perfect mixture secured to insure complete combustion. Inthefollowing description referenceis had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of the body of a sad-iron embodying my invention with the cap-plate and handle removed. Fig. 2 is a central vertical longitudinal sectional view of a sad-iron embodying my invention.- Fig. 3 is a central cross-sectional view of the same. Fig. 4 is a side view with the ca -plate raised.

Like parts are identified by t e same reference charactersthroughout the several views.

The body of my improved sad-iron comprises. a base portion 1, the upper margins of the side walls ofthe base being recessed at 2.

The base is rovided'with an interior cavity partially sul idivided by partition-flanges 3 into two compartments. The forward c'ompartment communicates with the exterior throughapertures 4 in the side walls. The

rear compartment constitutes the combusj tion-chamber and is-provided with a series of vertical heat-absorbing flanges 5, which pro-- ject inwardly from the "side walls.

The rear end wall of the base portion is cut out, as indicated at 6.

A1 cap-plate 7 is hinged tothe body at and is provided with a suitable handle 9, which is connected with the plate by means 4 of arms 10, the head-piece 11, and the forked standards 12. A storage-tank 13 for gasolene or other combustible fluid is mounted between the standards 12, and a deflecting} plate 14, also mounted between the standards, isinterposed between the tank and the cap-plate 7, with an air-space above and be low the late. A feed-tube 15 leads downwardly om the tank 13 through the capplate- 7 and communicates with a heatingtube 16, extending horizontally underneath the cap-plate and supported therefrom. The front 'end of the tube 16 is provided-with a valve-nut 17, in which a valve-rod '18 has screw-threaded engagement, the end of the a rod being faced off at 19 to form a valve provided with a needle 20, extending through a small aperture in the nut 17. The valve 18 projects outwardly through asuitable packing at the rear end of the tube 16 and is provided with a hand-wheel 2]. for opening and closing the valve. A- burner-tube 22 is located underneath the tube 16 and is provided with slits 23 in its under surface, ,as in any ordinary burner-tube of this character. The

front end of the burnertube is provided with are provided on each side of the tube 16 and are sup orted from the latter by arms 27. These s iields are preferably formed inone piece, which is bent over the tube 16. They are covered with an asbestos lining 28 and protect the cap-plate to a considerable extentfrom the heat of the burner. These shields 26 are formed to cover the recesses between the heat-absorbing flanges 5, but are not in actual contact with said flanges, a sufficient space being left to permit freecirculation.

' the bracket 30,

' i a position to fill-the recessed or cut-away portion of the rear end wall 6. When the capplate is in a raised position, this shield 31 swings inwardly, and the hand-wheel 21 swings into the recessed portion of the rear end wall. The cap-plate extends to the rear a suflicient distance to abut the rear ends of the side walls, and thus vertical position when the iron is opened, as shown in Fig. 4. of theplate is secured by means of a swinging latch 32, pivotally connected with the base 1 and having a thumb-nut 33, adapted to engage the front end of the cap-plate, the capplate beingrecessed for the reception of the between the tank latch-pin.

Having thus described my invention, what aim as new, and desire. to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a sad-iron of the described class, the

standards on the cap-plate; a tank-mounted between said standards above the cap-plate;

a handle having supporting-arms connected with the standards; a burner located below and supported from the cap-plate; and defleeting-plates above and below, and connected with, the cap-plate, and interposed and burner, with intervenin air-spaces.

n a sad-iron ofthe described class, the combination with a cap-plate having a duct forfluid fuel; a burner underneath thecapplate; and a heat conveying flange project IIQLIIOII] the walls of said duct in the direcholds the plate in a l body, of a cap-plate end; a set of forked.

I tion of the burner substantially in a plane.

{ common to the duct and burner.

3. Ina sad-iron of the described class, the

combinationof a chambered base; a cap- 1 plate therefor hinged thereto at one end; a

burner connected bracket on the cap i burner; and flanges cooperate with the plate supporting the 1n the base, adapted to bracket in subdividing with the cap-plate; a

the chambered base into compartments and 1 means for mixing air andcombustiblefluid f in-one compartmentand conveying it to said i burner in the other compartment. I

4. In a sad-iron of the described class, the I of a chambered base, partially I subdivided by interior partitions; acap-plate r hinged to the base; a burner connected with 1 the cap-plate; a support for .said burner sup- 1 plementing said partitions; means for mixing air and fluid hydrocarbon at one side of said partitions and conveying the same i throu h said support to the burner.

5. n-"a sad-iron of the described class, the combination of 'a chambered base partially subdivided by interior partitions; a cap- I plate hingedto the base; a burner connected W1th the cap-plate; a support for said burner whereof IaHiX my signature of two witnesses.

FERDINAND A. HOYA.

LEVERETT 0. WHEELER, JAs. B'. ERWIN.

y. l Witnesses: i

cap-plate being extended and formed to abut- 

